Speaking like the Giants in Singapore

If you’ve read the papers in Singapore recently, you might have noticed this huge article on personal motivators, NLP trainers and public speakers in Singapore. Some of them command fees of up to $15,000 while others about $2,000. Before I even start to comment on whether or not these people know their stuff, isn’t it interesting to note that even between these ‘great’ speakers, the price range is a whopping $13,000?

How is it some people are able to command such high prices and still conduct sell-out seminars while others are only able to command a much less fee? While the marketing tactics and strategies may play a role in the prices, wouldn’t you also agree that the way the speakers speak also does play a part?

Good speakers have known how to successfully use NLP, neurolinguistic programming, to direct their energy to propel them into super resourceful states. In addition, they also know how to control the states of the audience.

A great technique I’ve found out is varying the speed of your speech. In case you haven’t noticed, people who speak faster and which more expressions in their voices tend to be able to generate large amounts of energy in the room. In addition, through the use of gestures, body language and tonality, speakers have been able to engage the audience more fully!

These trainers rarely are born talents. They usually are very hardworking people who go through intensive training before even achieving a fraction of what they are today. What I hope to put across is this. If you want to be a great speaker, you have to start practising today. Put yourself in situations where you will be forced to speak. Train yourself daily and I guarantee you, one day you will find yourself speaking almost like them.